This is a wonderful album of old-time music that is first class in every way. Ms. Marshall, a good fiddler, works for the Blue Ridge Music Center along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia. To make this lovely album she has enlisted the services of no less than 40 other musicians whom she has befriended in her travels in the East, South, and Pacific Northwest. Most of the names will be recognized by old-time fans --the list includes Rafe Stefanini, Skip Gorman, Kirk Sutphin, Gerry Milnes, Arnie Naiman, Bruce Greene, Eddie Bond and many others. The 20 tunes & songs are well chosen and all beautifully played by Erynn with different combination of these friends; they range from hard core old time tunes like BOYS, MY MONEY'S ALL GONE, SHELVIN ROCK and BONAPARTE'S RETREAT to a Delmore style duet of FUGITIVE'S LAMENT (with Skip Gorman) and an early Bluegrass rendition of RAMBLER'S BLUES (shades of the early Stanley Brothers). A nice 16 page foldout provides good notes and tunings for the fiddle and banjo, plus a nice map showing where the various pickers are based. A neat CD --highly recommended!
